˜yÐÄvlog

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asyntactic

[ ey-sin-tak-tik ]

adjective

Grammar.
  1. consisting of morphemes that are combined differently from their mode of combination as separate words in a phrase, as bookstore, which is an asyntactic compound, while the same elements are combined syntactically in store for books.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of asyntactic1

First recorded in 1875–80; a- 6 + syntactic
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Example Sentences

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Asyntactic, as-in-tak′tik, adj. loosely put together, irregular, ungrammatical.

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Nor does it much detract from the grace of the work that of the "asyntactic disorder" of which Mr. Pattison accuses Milton's prose, some examples may be found in his own.

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